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News of celebrations of His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s 80th birthday by FPMT centers, projects and services around the world are pouring in. Kopan Monastery in Nepal participated in a huge birthday celebration organized by all the Gelug monasteries in…

Chandrakirti Tibetan Buddhist Meditation Centre is situated in the rolling hills of Nelson, New Zealand, on the northern end of the country’s South Island. With the support of Lama Zopa Rinpoche, the center was founded in 1999 by Phillipa Rutherford…

Phillipa Rutherford, co-director of New Zealand’s Chandrakirti Tibetan Buddhist Meditation Centre, shares news about the successful completion of some of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s advice: We would like to let people know we have manifested a 2-meter (7-foot) Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava)…

From Phillipa Rutherford, director Chandrakirti Tibetan Buddhist Meditation Centre Nine students at Chandrakirti Tibetan Buddhist Meditation Centre, in Richmond, New Zealand, completed their first subject from the Basic Program , passing their exam after studying the Wheel of Sharp Weapons.…

During His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s tour of New Zealand, June 9-12, the resident geshes of the FPMT centers in New Zealand had their picture taken during a moment with His Holiness. Geshe Wangdu from Dorje Chang Institute and Geshe…

If you know the psychological nature of your own mind, depression is spontaneously dispelled; instead of being enemies and strangers, all living beings become your friends. The narrow mind rejects; wisdom accepts. Check your own mind to see whether or not this is true.